Yeah, thats a great cover!
I agree with most people here, boyband covers are the worst.
another weird cover i heard once was a punk/ska cover of the goodbye song (whatever the hell it’s called) from the sound of music. That was hillarious! I can’t remember who did it, but it was really funny. The cover of My favourite things that has just come out is terrible though.
todd rundgren put an album out called ‘faithful’ which has near exact replica’s of songs by the beach boys, beatles, jimi hendrix, and bob dylan.
they are amazing covers technically speaking. he was definately not going for a new interpretation.
Johnny Cash does a fantastic cover of NIN’s Hurt
I really cant think of a cover song that sucked, but that’s not to say that there isnt one.
I like the way Weird Al Yankovic twists lyrics in the covers that he does. I also like ‘Go your own way’ covered by NOFX. I like most of Garage Inc/Garage Days by Metallica which are all covers. ‘Am I Evil’ and ‘The Prince’ in particular. As for the worst I don’t really pay much attention to them. There are too many bad covers and songs around which don’t fit my taste in music.
One song that hasn’t been covered (tot he best of my knowledge) but should be because it is such a great song is 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson.
I like that cover a lot!
I like their song Pink Ego Box. It’s funny. Not a cover that I know of, but it’s funny.
Nikki
Never heard of pink ego box. what cd is that on? I’ve got both albums, but I only heard the any williams cover on TV, which I presume you didn’t see, seeing as it was only on in the UK. Haven’t given in to Hullabaloo yet, though its only a matter of time. Also eagerly awaiting a new album, especially seeing as it’ll probably mean a gig in nottingham. 
John
cake is just a great band. if only popular music could be original…
hm.
jimmy eat world’s cover of WHAM’s ‘Last Christmas’ has a nice ring to it.
Orgy’s cover of New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ is a great twist on a great song.
hear tell oakenfeld’s remix of dave matthews’ ‘when the world ends’ is catchy. i believe it is featured on the matrix reloaded soundtrack.
… he’s going for distance… he’s going for… speed. he’s all alone… in his time of… need…
I quite agree, but shouldn’t it be “cake are just a great band”?
I don’t know. My brother downloaded it off the internet.
Nikki
Re: Cover songs. Your favourite? Worst?
At this very moment, WFMU, a commercial free NJ station is playing all covers of Led Zeppelin. I do love streaming!
They played the Dollly “Stairway to Heavan” cover which while I wouldn’t say it sucks, does seem rather pointless.
They also played a Japanese punk band version of Dazed and Confused, an Irish folk music version of Rock n Roll, and my favorite so far, Moby Dick done by a Jean Luc Ponte style band.
Cheers,
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
Re: Re: Cover songs. Your favourite? Worst?
thanx for resurrecting this thread raphael
i’d quite forgotten about it and must mention the johnny cash version of nine inch nails’ ‘hurt’
i have never been moved to tears by any other piece of music (and it’s accompanying video) before
ever
has to be Jimmi hendrix’s version of all along the watchtower. to my surprise a few weeks ago i found out that bob dylan did it origonally. jimmi’s is far better:D
iain
Cake’s rendition of I Will Survive and Golfinger’s 99 Red Balloons were already covered. So I’ll have to go with Reel Big Fish’s cover of Brown Eyed Girl.
Rock on!
Daniel
I can’t believe no one has mentioned "me first and the gimmee gimmee’s…
great band. all covers.
my favorites of theirs are “mandy”, “rocket man”, and “me and hoolio…”
my dad even likes them… (hes forty-… something, i think…)
all you older gnetlemen, and ladies… should give em a listen…
they’re kind of punky, but more rock. the covers are so much more than just cannibalized versions of the originals.
great instrumentation as well, not just a bunch of untalented snotty kids playing two chord versions of classics because they’re to uncreative to write their own. these guys are truly artistic.
flaming lips cover of kylie minogue “can’t get you out of my head”
they also covered radiohead’s “knives out”
personally, taking a mediocre song like kylie minogue’s and making it wonderful is a feat to behold.
The Blood Hound Gang has a great cover of the Association’s Along Comes Mary.
some good covers
warren Zevon’s knockin’ on heavens door
nirvana’s the man who sold the world
gary jules’ mad world
bad covers
I heard some guy fom zwan cover number of the beast by iron maiden and it was god awful
sam
Bigwig does a good cover of War Ensemble by Slayer for all you slayer fans out here.
Dropkick Murphy’s Amazing Grace, is probably my fav. cover though.
That or the Pietasters Ska/Soul cover of the Same old Song.
worst cover
I forget who did it, but it was of Anti-Flag’s Captains Anarchy
Chex.